Plan of Study

Early in the program a student must choose an adviser (upon admission, a student is assigned an initial graduate adviser, namely Professor Saiedian; however, the student may choose another EECS faculty as adviser based on his/her own academic/research interests). The student, together with the help of the adviser, must develop a Plan of Study that includes the courses that the student wishes to take to complete the program in a timely basis. Developing a plan of study has three important considerations:

Deciding on the focus area; the graduate adviser will discuss each focus area and the required and elective courses for each.

Deciding on what EECS graduate classes should be taken. This decision is based primarily on the "focus area'' chosen by the student and the adviser recommendations. Each focus area has its own required and suggested supporting courses.

Deciding how many classes to take each semester and work out a schedule based on class prerequisites and when EECS graduate classes are offered.

Enrollment Planning Form. Before the beginning of each semester, a student is required to complete an "enrollment planning form'' (or communicate via email with his or her advisor) that indicates what courses he or she plans to take. The student's adviser must approve and sign the enrollment planning form to allow student's registration. The enrollment planning form can be found by clicking on the Forms button.

Hold Removal. If a student does not have a Plan of Study on file, or if he/she has not prepared an enrollment planning form for a particular semester, he/she will not be able to enroll (his/her records will be "on hold''). An exception is made for the first semester of enrollment.